diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index 500d14fb7aa..630cfbcd80b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         node-version: [21.x]
-        mongodb-version: [4.2]
+        mongodb-version: [7.0]
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       with:
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ jobs:
       with:
         node-version: ${{ matrix.node-version }}
     - name: Start MongoDB ${{ matrix.mongodb-version }} Replica Set
-      uses: supercharge/mongodb-github-action@1.3.0
+      uses: supercharge/mongodb-github-action@1.11.0
       with:
         mongodb-version: ${{ matrix.mongodb-version }}
         mongodb-replica-set: rs
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         node-version: [21.x]
-        mongodb-version: [4.2]
+        mongodb-version: [7.0]
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       with:
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ jobs:
       with:
         node-version: ${{ matrix.node-version }}
     - name: Start MongoDB ${{ matrix.mongodb-version }} Replica Set
-      uses: supercharge/mongodb-github-action@1.3.0
+      uses: supercharge/mongodb-github-action@1.11.0
       with:
         mongodb-version: ${{ matrix.mongodb-version }}
         mongodb-replica-set: rs
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         node-version: [21.x]
-        mongodb-version: [4.2]
+        mongodb-version: [7.0]
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       with:
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ jobs:
       with:
         node-version: ${{ matrix.node-version }}
     - name: Start MongoDB ${{ matrix.mongodb-version }} Replica Set
-      uses: supercharge/mongodb-github-action@1.3.0
+      uses: supercharge/mongodb-github-action@1.11.0
       with:
         mongodb-version: ${{ matrix.mongodb-version }}
         mongodb-replica-set: rs
diff --git a/gulp/gulp-build.js b/gulp/gulp-build.js
index 11f91b454f2..dbcd4767e8c 100644
--- a/gulp/gulp-build.js
+++ b/gulp/gulp-build.js
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ gulp.task('build:prepare-mongo', async () => {
   console.log('MongoDB data folder is missing, setting up.'); // eslint-disable-line no-console
 
   // use run-rs without --keep, kill it as soon as the replica set starts
-  const runRsProcess = spawn('run-rs', ['-v', '4.1.1', '-l', 'ubuntu1804', '--dbpath', 'mongodb-data', '--number', '1', '--quiet']);
+  const runRsProcess = spawn('run-rs', ['-v', '7.0.14', '-l', 'ubuntu2204', '--dbpath', 'mongodb-data', '--number', '1', '--quiet']);
 
   for await (const chunk of runRsProcess.stdout) {
     const stringChunk = chunk.toString();
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 20b1819241c..7f1f61af983 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@
     "start": "gulp nodemon",
     "start:simple": "node ./website/server/index.js",
     "debug": "gulp nodemon --inspect",
-    "mongo:dev": "run-rs -v 5.0.23 -l ubuntu1804 --keep --dbpath mongodb-data --number 1 --quiet",
+    "mongo:dev": "run-rs -v 7.0.14 -l ubuntu2204 --keep --dbpath mongodb-data --number 1 --quiet",
     "postinstall": "git config --global url.\"https://\".insteadOf git:// && gulp build && cd website/client && npm install",
     "apidoc": "gulp apidoc",
     "heroku-postbuild": ".heroku/report_deploy.sh"